Disappearance of Bank of Commerce bookkeeper stirs doubts
William F. Triemart, a Bank of Commerce bookkeeper, vanished after leaving Indianapolis Monday night. Reports say he may have withdrawn funds, with a woman from Chicago possibly linked. His wife, speaking from 165 Peru Street, insists he will return in a few days and criticizes press coverage. Detectives search for motive or missing property transfers while rumors spread.
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Chicago
William F. Thamart
Bank of Commerce
SUN
Peru St
Triemart
Indianapolis
Simon Ilinoisst
Depol
Capital National Bank
Triemont
Chitego
Thasa Fudg
Trismoni
Benson
Commercial Bank
Quigley
Trieniart
Rebellion in Brazil Amid Street Clashes and Killings
Dispatches from Brazil report rising unrest at Puerto Allegro with street fighting and many attacks on soldiers. In Rio and Buenos Aires, fear grows as reports describe nearly fifty soldiers killed or injured and widespread unease.
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New York
Brazil
Puerto Allegro
Rio Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Nervous burglars loot two offices for cash and checks
Thieves drilled Armstrong and O'Brien & Co safes at 68 and 0.8 SiMn dest, leaving gas lit. Armstrong's safe yielded 176 dollars in cash and 100 dollars in checks, while O'Brien's produced about 25 dollars. Detectives link the exploits to outsiders and the previously robbed electrotype foundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Armstrong
Daniel O’brien & Co
Armstrong
O'Brien
Electrotype Foundry
Thornton
Women in 4 Row and Four Other Local Notes
May 42 Des Moines Iowa reports a split in the W C T U with factions around Mrs Foster and Miss Willard amid a New York licensing debate. Also covered: Patrick Finneran's police court case for brutal assault on his wife, resulting in 25 days and costs. David Pleyson fined for selling snake cultivator near fairgrounds. Mel Cain waives examination in horse and buggy theft case. Thomas Sutton, 14, paralyzed partly after buggy accident, deteriorating health, medical interest. A St Louis confession ties to a Denver bank heist for 21 000 dollars with a water bottle hoax.
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Eien
Francis Beaty
Pult Hall
Des Mores
Mrs. Foster
Miss Willard
New York
Patrick Finneran
David Pleyson
Mel Cain
Dugagee
Thomas ¥. Sutton
Cut His Throat in Cementville Murder Scene
Jeffersonville Indiana May 21. At Cementville five miles south Tuesday night John Johnson and James Bisdsoe cut William Watkins throat and fled Watkins is dead in a brutal local murder scene with two suspects identified and authorities urged to pursue leads.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Cementville
John Johnson
James Bisdsoe
Watkins
Sporting life notes hint local moves and matches
Pegarty may join Ewing's team while Detroit shows strong form at 10 wins in 11 games. Brooklyn tunes up for six day walking match as Lynch and Reipschlager are released. Attendance figures show 4,829 league and 6,074 Brotherhood on Wednesday. Dunlap may sign with New York as Chicago loss dims Comiskey’s world beaters. Charles Polster and Thomas Howell shoot at Brighton Beach for $25 a side. Indiana league results list Fort Wayne, Anderson, Billffton, Moncie, Elkhart, Peru scores. New York players’ league beats Chicago 5–2. Frankie McHugh KO’d in Buffalo by Kennard for $1,000. Columbus bribery rumors haunt reporters. Jem Carney posts forfeit offer. several matchups noted. Laventh street park game between Many and Exculator divisions set. White knocked out at Pine station. Diaz fight rumors. Dixon vs Wallace arranged with Pelican club London for £500 and world title. Phelps reports multiple membership applications. Indianapolis eyed as potential overflow club.
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Pegarty
Ewing
Detroit
Occidental’ Club
San Francisco
Sullivan-McAutiffa Mill
Lynch
Reipschlager
Brooklyn Association
League
Brotherhood
Dunlap
New York
Charles Polster
Thomas Howell
Brighton Beach
Fort Wayne
Anderson
Billffton
Moncie
Elkhart
Peru
Chicago
Comiskey
Frankie McHugh
Geo. Dixon
Boston
Sunday Trains Draw Camp Acton Methodists For Meeting
The May meeting of the association drew hundreds of cottagers to Camp Acton with many from Gianapollo. Rev Simpson Tincher was elected president Rev J E Dolph vice president and Geo M Wright secretary as the group voted down a resolution opposing Sunday trains.
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Camp Acton
AcToyx
Gianapollo
Simpson Tincher
J. E. Dolph
Lawrencedera
Geo. M. Wright
Shalbyville
The Largest Man in Indiana Johnny Craig of Danville
Johnny Craig, reputedly the largest man in Indiana and possibly the nation, resides in Danville. He weighs about 500 pounds, is over six feet tall, and travels rarely on foot. His home is tiny, his overcoat fits three men, and his bed is guarded by snakes. His first wife, much heavier, required the largest coffin made in the country to move to burial.
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Indiana
United States
Danviila
Ind
Johnny Craig
Johnny
Danville
Johndy
Plano
Boeing
Monument design chosen for soldiers' monument crowning figure
The Soldiers' Monument commissioners chose George T. Brewster of Cleveland to sculpt the Liberty figure. A bronze statue eight foot pedestal and 22 foot statue with torch rises 28 feet overall, cost about $12,500, completed June 1, 1691. Brewster, 28, Massachusetts-born artist, has designed many monuments, including Indiana's.
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Baldhera
George T. Brewster
Cleveland
Bartholdi
Brewster
Massachusetts
Indiana Monument
Weather snapshot shows unusually warm May across region
The report notes Thursday as the hottest day of the season with 40 in the shade at noon and 8d in the evening street shade. It highlights an unusually cool May overall with prior warm days and a past pattern of late spring heat, mentioning 78 in April and past May highs around 87 to 90 degrees.
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Hiotter
n—Weil
Seaoon
Weather Office
Foraker vows to stomp Ohio next fall amid hard times
The item notes Foraker’s boast about beating Ohio next fall with no sore spots on him, alongside a brief flare of local woes. It mentions Littlefield of Jessup, a hotel operator, who killed his wife and Y M MacCall after catching them in a compromising situation. The Genesee River region in New York faces flooding with Wellsville partially submerged, and power shortages leave people without light or bread. An Erie track region endures water ten miles, while a patent medicine pitch claiming Hood's Sarsaparitia cures headaches and dyspepsia closes the report.
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Foraker
Ohio
Littlefield
Jessup
Y. M. MacCall
Genesee River
New York State
Wellsville
Erie
League and Brotherhood baseball results and box scores
National games recap shows Boston and Cleveland, Chicago and Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Brooklyn, plus Brotherhood clashes. Scoring lines list base hits, errors, and battery pairings with umpires. Notable high totals include New York scoring 14 and Brooklyn 19 in separate games.
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Boston
Cleveland
Nichols
Hardie
Wadsworth
Zimmer
McDermott
Chicago
Philadelphia
Batterles
Hutchinson
Kittridge
Vickery
Schriver
McQuaid
New York
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Efnnati
Cincinnati
Foreman
Jee Lovett
Daly
Wach
Clavaland
Rustad
Milligen
O'Brien
Suatcliffe
Matthews
Gunuleg
Feud Ends in Cousin's Death at Pigeon Creek
A feud ends violently at Pigeon Creek near CaTLerTsrune as W Vadim Brewer shoots his cousin Mike Brevoer, an invalid, in a fatal attack. Separate dispatches report Chili protests compulsory arbitration, alleged assassination tale in Paris, and Behring Strait talks ending with a likely Russian representative. A Chicago strawberry report notes a shorter crop due to rain and cold.
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Catlertsrune, Ky
Pigeon Cragk
Vadim Brewer
Mike Brevoer
Indiana professor leads European tour from Bates
Prof. Jordan of Indiana University plans a June to September European excursion with Prof Jenks guiding two of the tour’s excur sionists. The cost will not exceed 450 per capita. Route includes Holland England Scotland Norway Germany Switzerland Italy and France with stops at several fjord and coastal sites. Nearby notes cover Garfield remains guard details and hotel dog policy at Grand Hotel.
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Bates
Jordan
Indiana University
Jenks
SUN
Holland
Hagland
Scotland
Norway
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Vranes
Skjaeggedalsfos
Stallhsimadley
Marieijeren
Styegedelsbotn
Vik
Uivik
I'Eo
Cronin conspiracy bribe funds eyed in Joliet
New York reports a Joliet special claiming Cronin conspirators reestablished contact with Chicago. A $1000 bribe money was allegedly slipped into the prison with smaller sums, stirring fear of punishment and prompting officials to tighten controls while defense lawyers urge adherence to rules. Chicago links reportedly remain confident in illicit channels.
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New York
the Tribune
Joliet
Cronin
Cnabaco
Evening Post
Chicago
Abduction case links Indianapolis girl to Brockton lover
Maria Wendle, missing from Oakland UI, was found in Indianapolis at a friend of her lover Laa Gwinn’s house and returned to an Indianapolis aunt. Gwinn and several others face arrest warrants, with a $10,000 breach of promise suit and a public reward drive under way as authorities pursue Gwinn.
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Sun
Indianapolis
Maria Wendie
Oakland
Chicago Herald
Maria Wendle
Indispepolis
Isl
Laa Gwinn
A. J. Gwinn
Brockton
Bruyn Rcadenca Mey
Gwinn
Newman
Gwion
Brocton
Gwian
Rescued eleven men from flooded Waddel Mine
In Pittston Pennsylvania on May 22, after flooding the Waddel mine to extinguish a fire there was panic until eleven miners were found trapped up to their necks in water. Search parties entered two openings and brought the men to safety as women fainted with relief.
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Pittston
Washington Walfs and others tipped for senate seat
Washington figures Waltonf s and Carlicle in New York expected to take seats in the senate. A Revenue cutter Bear was sent to Sebring to warn against sealing law violations. Harrison threatened a veto of the river and harbor bill as stalled for funds. The McKinley tariff passed the House 142 to 0, Butterworth backed his party while Featherstone of Arkansas joined Democrats. A Taylor testified at the Clayton probe that Bently and Walls stole a ballot box and Bently attended a dance with him before vanishing. Shoes advert: Rochester 72 Dongola band turn warranted. 1) W.
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Carlicle
New York
Senate
Priday
Bear
Sebring Sea
Harrison
House
Butterworth
Mr. Featherstone
Arkansas
Taylor
Clayton Investigation Committee
Oliver Bently
Walter Walls
Bently
Clayton
Truth and Lies in Judge Mewland Courtroom Drama
In a high profile session, Geo W. sues Eva Everhart as Judge Howeland presides. Eva denies police court arrests under ill fame law, prompting the judge to deny a divorce, order jail for perjury, and consign Eva to custody. Edward Astman faces murder charges in Jobesco county after Franklin detainment. Senator Sherman reports the tariff bill will pass with few amendments.
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Geo. W
Eva Everhart
Howeland
Eva
Edward Astman
Franklin
Jobesco County
Bartha Kiff
Cosen
Local notes mix of arrests, trials, and society updates
The column reports on ex State Senator Campbell in precarious health after grip, Danville events with Ceder Beach Club, Maria Wendle’s return, and a host of city happenings. It notes Canter division at Odd-fellows hall, Ludwig divorce filing, Dr Cox en route to Battle Creek, and Sacha and Prudep in town. Also covers bank deposits, hospital funds, funeral directors’ meeting, and a fire scare plus manager Dickson’s European trip for future attractions.
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Campbell
Danville
Ceder Beach Club
Cadarlake
Indiana Field and Games Association
Maria Wendle
Oakland
Lil
Sayeshi
Gin
Carnahan
U. B
K. of P
Odd-fellows’ Hall
Virginia-ava
Robert Ludwig
Zona Ludwig
Cox
Spencer
Ind
Cily
Creak
Sacha
Prudep
Dayton
Dickeon & Shover
Cincinnati
Phil Gapen
Meridian National Bank
International Convention of Feneral Directors
They Love the Wheel Seven Women in Indianapolis Ride
Indianapolis hosts seven lady cyclists led by Edith Prosser, with St. Louis and Chicago also noted for larger female wheel clubs. Prosser, claimed Indiana’s champion rider, recalls riding 60 miles to Nobleville, conquering hills and mud. She praises road conditions, advocates confidence, and notes the health of cycling while mentioning peers Winnie Hunter and others.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Edith Prosser
Miss Prosser
Sta
Nobleaville
Chicago
Boulevard Ie
Tidera
Mieses Wright
Mias Hunter
Mica Prosser
Miss Wallick
Irvin
Miss Bicknell
Jameson
Palmer
Turner
Hearney
Miss Hunter
Meridian St
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C.F. Jewett
Bostona
C. F. Jewett
C. F. Jewett Company
Odd Fellows
Oliver H. Dyer
Richard Owens
New Harmony
W. 8. Leedy
W. Z.wiler
Fowler
George Ford
South Bend
Williamson
Fort
London
Church of England
Canterbury
Louis
Moffat Bank
Denver
Moffat
Sporting Life
Acton Camp Ground
Liberty
Hood
Joiars
Mukeaa
Uripote
Hili
Chally
Washington
Chili’a
pan-American Congress
Chili
Byranthius Liaxo
Paris
I— Amie
Dr. Rez
York
Nay
Hoersla
Behring Cea
Kuseia
Chicado
Anns
Hofel
H. M. Dickson
Chisago
Danison
Chevalier Bayard
Knights Templar
John A. Logan
Garfield
Dickson
Commandery
Terry W. Cullen
Grand Hotel
Kaiser
Crowin
Ant
Wer Hetrayer
Rochester 72
Mowtena
Ezman
Sherman
Washinngton
Sherman Esid
City Life
Denison House
Falr Venice
England
W. B. Burford Mutual Relief Association
Manmercher Hall
A. W. Applegate
Denny
Greensburg
C. R. Moon
Wolcollville
G. L. Watson
Eugene
Chas. Woll
Logansport
Omaha
H. R. Downing
Richmond
C. G. Davie
Williamsburg
R. Smith
Evansville
Agee
W. C. Holmes
W. North
N. West
Chemical
Geo. Dickson
Dickson & Talbott
Europe
Prince of
Walan
Enn
Alveré Victor
Coliare
Prosser Taikes
Masterson
Prescott
A. T
Alice Hopkinson
Warner
Looat
Toledo
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